Cosentino is executive chef at San Francisco’s Incanto restaurant, where he cooks in an earthy rustic Italian style. He has gained international acclaim as a leading expert on offal cookery, and is the author of the cookbook, Beginnings. He has been featured on the Food Network in the Next Iron Chef America and Chefs vs. City. Most recently, Cosentino won season four of Bravo’s Top Chef Masters series – contributing his winnings of over $140,000 to the Michael J. Fox foundation for Parkinson’s research.

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Cosentino is at NAIT this week as the 2013 Hokanson Chef in Residence. The program provides students in the School of Hospitality and Culinary Arts with the chance to learn first-hand from the best chefs in the world.

NAIT’s Hokanson Chef in Residence program kicked off with Canadian celebrity chef Rob Feenie in 2009, followed by David Adjey in 2010, Susur Lee in 2011 and Massimo Capra in 2012.

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